The Impact of King Tim III & The Fatback Band on Hip-Hop, "Personality Jock", consider
- Jul 7, 2015
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The Fatback Band (later, simply Fatback) is an American funk and disco band formed in New York City in 1970,. Most popular in the 1970s and 1980s, The Fatback Band is most known for their R&B hits, "(Do The) Spanish Hustle", "I Like Girls", "Gotta Get My Hands on Some (Money)", "Backstrokin'" and "I Found Lovin". Their 1979 single "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" is sometimes considered the first hip hop single. "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" is a 1979 song by the Fatback Band from the disco album XII. Released on March 25, 1979, a few months before "Rapper's Delight" (which is widely regarded as the first commercially released hip hop song), this song is often cited[2] as the beginning of recorded hip hop. The title refers to vocalist Tim Washington.The song was originally the B-Side of the 7-inch single, with the A-Side "You're My Candy Sweet" a mid-tempo disco song. However the song stalled at #67 after 4-weeks on the R&B chart and was replaced the following week with "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" on the chart. It peaked at #26 on the R&B chart and stayed on for 11 weeks.
Take a Listen to 'Personality Jock' 1979
KING TIM III
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Let's Do it Again: (Perception 1972) * "Baby I'm-A Want You" Mos Def - "Mathematics" People Music: (Perception 1973) * "Kiba" Lord Finesse - "Back to Back Rhyming" Keep on Steppin': (Event 1974) * "Wicky-Wacky" A Tribe Called Quest - "Show Business" * "Mr. Bass Man" Das EFX - "Mic Checka" Yum Yum: (Event 1975) * "Gotta Learn How to Dance" Brandy - "?" Crucial Conflict - "Hay" Everlast - "Death Comes Callin'" Groove Armada - "My Friend" Kool G Rap - "The Streets of New York" Mormon Ghetto Projectz ft X-Caliber - "Done by the Forces of PolitiKKKianz" * "Let the Drums Speak" Jungle Brothers - "Acknowledge Your Own History" Zimbabwe Legit - "Legitimate Mix" Raising Hell: (Event 1975) * "Put Your Love (In My Tender Care)" Beastie Boys - "High Plains Drifter" Bjork - "One Day" Bomb the Bass - "Winter in July" Gang Starr - "Suckas Need Bodyguards" Kool G Rap ft DJ Polo - "Money in the Bank" Lakim Shabazz - "Pure Righteousness" Lateef - "This Cut's Got Flavor" MadKap - "Beddie-Bye" Naughty by Nature - "Written on Ya Kitten" Pharcyde - "Soul Flower" Poetess - "For Rhyme's Sake" Poor Righteous Teachers - "Pure Poverty" ShowBiz & A.G. - "Fat Pockets" Skoolbeats - "Put it In" Ultramagnetic MCs - "Make it Happen" Yvette Michelle - "DJ Keep Playin'" Hot Box: (Spring 1980) * "Gotta Get My Hands on Some (Money)" WC - "Cheddar" * "Backstrokin'" Above the Law - "V.S.O.P." Dr. Dre ft Hittman, Kurupt & MS - "Let's Get High" KAM - "Givin' it Up" Rodney O & Joe Cooley - "Cooley High" * "Love Spell" Alkaholiks - "Aww Shit!" Bobby Jimmy & the Critters - "NY/LA Rappers" Too $hort - "Gotta Get Some Lovin'" Gigolo: (Spring 1981) * "Gigolo" Above the Law - "Mee Vs. My Ego" Eazy-E - "Any Last Werdz" Tasty Jam: (Spring 1981) * "Kool Whip" Kurupt - "Represent That G.C." On the Floor: (Spring 1982) * "On the Floor" Above the Law - "Game Wreck-Oniz-Iz Game"
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